HIGH CHURCH meaning: Formal, traditional liturgy and rituals

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Definitions from Wiktionary (High Church)

▸ noun:  (Anglicanism) A tradition within the Anglican church with an elevated view of the priesthood, episcopacy, and sacraments, practising a formal style of liturgy and emphasising continuity with Catholicism.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any similar Christian tradition.
▸ adjective:  Characteristic of or pertaining to such a tradition.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of high church [(Anglicanism) A tradition within the Anglican church with an elevated view of the priesthood, episcopacy, and sacraments, practising a formal style of liturgy and emphasising continuity with Catholicism.]
▸ adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of high church [Characteristic of or pertaining to such a tradition.]

Opposite:

low church, nonconformist, evangelical

Types:

Anglican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, RomCatholic, more...

Phrases:

high anglican church, more...

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